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Published: 2006-07-22 05:04:58 +0000 UTC; Views: 1046; Favourites: 25; Downloads: 32
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A family has a close encounter with an intrigued bull killer whale.----------
Taken July 15, 2006
SeaWorld Orlando
(a personal addition - this moment very much reminds me of the photos you see with Keiko, the star of Free Willy, and his adoring public)
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Wow. It's rare that people get this guy right over. What a shot and it really shows his size but also his gentle nature. Fantastic shot.
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That's just crazy. Wonderful shot. I like how the lighting came out in thie one for sure!
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this really does remind me of Keiko and his fans, even though I never saw him in person. this family was very, very lucky. great shot!
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I love this. Such a rare moment indeed.
I do have one problem, but do not take this the wrong way. I think it would have been 50x's better if the two girls on the outside weren't there. Just the one girl in the middle. Then there would be more of Tilikum because he's almost completely covered.
SO there's my critique, and you can't get mad because you have it set for it.
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Whoohoo critique! I agree with you. But he wouldn't have even been close if the other two girls weren't there egging him on, haha. It would have been nice to zoom out a touch and compare his size to the girl's. I love photos like that.
You crack me up, my dear.
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That is cool, I thought he wouldn't interact. They were very lucky I guess
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He does, has, but rarely does. I've had him over and a friend of mine, ~autumnalangel has had him on a few occasions.
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aw you are so lucky. I would be happy if I could just see them once in my life.
I miss Loro Parque very much although they had no close-up.
By the way, did you recieve my e-mail with the orca photos? I sent it some weeks back, but you never responded. I always wanted to ask if the e-mail didn't arrive properly, but always forgot about it.
Today I worked on the last photos and had to think of you again. So did you recieve them? I will upload the watermarked ones soon here at dA
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Who knows, you're young yet so you may get here sometimes!
YES! I swore I e-mailed you about them? Yahoo likes to eat e-mails I swear. -.- They were awesome! Thanks so much for sharing. Can't wait to see which ones you put on DA!
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I hope that I will be able to visit America sometime in the future. I was always interested in America.
No, I didn't recieve an e-mail. It can be also the fault of gmx, which is also sometimes eating e-mails. Thats annoying.
Thank you, I am glad you like the photos. I won't upload all of them, but most I guess, because I think the other orca-fans here would like to see how the 4 at Loro Parque are doing.
I have also some more which I will upload here watermarked. I think if you want to you can then choose which ones of them you want to see without a watermark, and I will send you then. Because it is too much work to send every single one per e-mail, because gmx only allows small files and the resizing is lots of work.
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I never found the interest in America. But I suppose foreign countries are always interesting.
Just upload your favorite photos. And don't do it all at once. That gets to be too much sometimes. I try to limit myself to two or three at a time.
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And thats a 
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I love the blues in the background.
Who is that btw?
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Tilikum. How awesome is that, that he came over to check those people out
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Woah. Never have seen that.
What a nice boy.
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